10.5 - • How do you characterize bacteria o 16s rRNA •...

Most prokaryote genomes are less than 5 mb but range in zize form .5-30 MV The size of most genomes is proportional to the number of genes average 950 genes per 1 mb Largest genomes are in free-living prokatyoes and the smallest are in obligate parasites. • Prokaryotic genomes pose a problem for the species concept o o K12 genome 4.64 Mb, 528 k genes (12%) o  Bad News microbe o Can these two be the sames species??? • By comparison human and mouse have 99% of the genome.

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